November 25, 2008

 

Holiday spirit drives Hillside Special Santas deposits up this year

Canandaigua National Bank & Trust celebrates its fifth anniversary as a Hillside Special Santas Community Partner 

Rochester, NY-November 25, 2008- This holiday season, the spirit of giving is driving the number of Hillside Special Santa gift deposits at all Canandaigua National Bank & Trust branches up. 

That is good news, because Hillside Special Santas this year will help more than 5,900 youth from 4,000 families across New York served by Hillside Family of Agencies. 

Hillside Special Santas is working to meet this gift goal by partnering with businesses and organizations to extend the opportunity to those in the community to help make the holidays brighter for youth and families. 

As Hillside Special Santas Community Partners, Canandaigua National Bank & Trust branches will display hundreds of Hillside Special Santas gift tags, each one describing a specific child’s wish, this year on holiday trees in their lobbies. Visitors to the any of the bank branches are asked to take a tag from the tree home and purchase a corresponding gift. New, unwrapped gifts should be deposited by December 17 to the Canandaigua National Bank & Trust location where they picked up the gift tag. 

“The partnership with Canandaigua National Bank has been a true gift. It is a unique opportunity to focus on each organization’s commitment to building a positive spirit throughout the community,” says Sally Bohne, Hillside Special Santas director.  

Last year alone, more than 1,400 gifts for Hillside Special Santas were deposited at Canandaigua National Bank branches. 

About Hillside Special Santas
Hillside Special Santas is the holiday giving program of Hillside Family of Agencies, a family and children services organization that provides child welfare, mental health, youth development, juvenile justice, special education, and developmental disabilities services across central and western New York. Hillside Family of Agencies is comprised of affiliates Crestwood Children's Center, Crestwood Children's Foundation, Hillside Children's Center, Hillside Children's Foundation, Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection, and Snell Farm Children's Center.